More sightseeing!

There's a lot to see here! Having the hotel close to the Signal Hill road is great, I can head up there quickly - it's a wicked steep hike though! I think there's a reason you don't see a lot of bikes around here... or maybe it's because of the weather and SNOW we experienced today!


More colourful houses

This town totally has character.

Cabot Tower on Signal Hill

Built in 1897 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland. Signal Hill is Canada's 2nd largest historic park. More on that later when we get closer to it!


Newfie dogs in Newfoundland!

The canon! In summer, when it's not SNOWING, here the "Signal Hill Tattoo" portrays the duties of the Newfoundland Regiment of the 1790's. Complete with canon, mortars and musket fire, and the stirring sounds of the Fife and Pipe band, I bet it's an awesome sight!


They say it's often windy on Signal Hill

I concur!

Regardless of the wind, what a view of the harbour!

Interesting fact: when my prairie land-locked brain hears the ships horns blow, it automatically thinks... "Train!" Um, no.

The Johnson GeoCentre is a amazing building, built underground, with the natural rocks of Signal Hill protruding through the Centre(you can see them on the left in the photo below). On rainy (and snowy!) days, melt water actually flows down the rocks, inside the Centre.

This is a very cool representation of the comparison of (right to left) timelines of the earth, dinosaurs, ice ages and humans. All represented by grains of sand. The earth column went from floor to ceiling but the true representation would have it 200ft over the top of the building!! We humans really are just a wee blip on the map.


The GeoCentre received some exhibits and games from a science centre that closed down... thus the science-y games. They were fun. And loud.

The Laetoli Footprints: 3.6 million year old footprints.

Even though they're replicas, it's still pretty cool! I've never seen these in a museum before.


Luuuuuucy!! The famous hominid my dog is named after. Seriously. She is of the species Australopithecus afarensis, and although not my favourite of the Australopithecines (that honour goes to the robustus species because of their cool big-assed heads), she is still pretty cool.


Ooh, science-y stuff!


Maritime spear points

Hello lobster dinners!!!

Now that was a GREAT dinner!!!!


Hitting the streets of St. John's! That was a fun night.


Me and my gigantic $10 glass of Stella! Yikes! And look at those shot glasses...hmm... not mine!

My parents have now arrived and I shall have plenty of entertaining photos of them soon too! We are just hiding from the SNOW today, hoping tomorrow brings less precipitation. Regardless, we'll get out and see the sights for our last few days in St. John's - the city with the craziest streets for driving!